Engaging personal stories have the greatest power to inspire and encourage positive behaviour change, Karen Cannard told the Kit Strange Memorial Lecture yesterday.

CEO and Founder of Globechain, May Al-Karooni, tells us more about the reuse platform with big ambitions.

The UK needs to have a national debate on future recycling targets to establish a framework for the resource sector post-Brexit, says the Environmental Industries Commission, although other commentators have suggested the matter might not be in the UK’s hands.

Falkirk Council’s ‎Ross Fenwick and Robin Baird say that now is the time to challenge recycling behaviour and take a step towards the sustainable world we keep talking about.

Lidl has signed up to be the second supermarket to use community social network Neighbourly to redistribute surplus food to charities and local causes.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a Veolia community fund for London, a change of name for ACR+ and a new MRF in Leeds.

The European Defence Agency has launched a project establishing ways to incorporate the circular economy into the defence sector.

A new European Remanufacturing Council has been launched with the aim of more than doubling the rate of remanufacturing across Europe, as well as promoting awareness and understanding of the remanufacturing industry.

The European Commission’s roadmap for an EU strategy on plastics in the circular economy does not get to the root of the plastics problem, according to a coalition of environmental groups.

MEPs have voted in favour of a 70 per cent recycling and reuse target for 2030, upping the goal proposed by the European Commission in its Circular Economy Package.